STRONGS NUMBER H7337


Word Summary
rachab: to be or grow wide or large
Original Word: רָחַב
Transliteration: rachab
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-khab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be or grow wide or large
Meaning: to be or grow wide or large
Strong's Concordance
make room, make open wide

A primitive root; to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative) -- be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7337. rachab

רָחַב‎ [? also רָחֹב‎, so LagBN 31; compare also Idib. 52 f.]

verb be, or grow, wide, large (Late Hebrew in derived species (rare) and derivatives; Arabic , Ethiopic Sabean in epithet of deity FellZMG liv (1900), 249, and proper name CISiv, no. 1, 3 etc.; Assyrian in rêbitu, open place; Aramaic רְחַב‎ in derivatives ); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ר מִּי1 Samuel 2:1, + עַלagainst (i.e. to devour, in figure; compare

Hiph`il); consecutive וְר ׳וּפָחַד לְבָבֵךְIsaiah 60:5 be widened, enlarged, relieved, and expanded with joy (compare Hiph`il 2); 3 feminine singular וְנָָֽסְבָה וְרָֽחֲבָהEzekiel 41:7 probably error, Co וְנוֺסָפָה רָחְבָּהּ‎, Toy נוֺסַף וְהָרֹחַב‎, Krae רָֽחֲבוּ וְיָָֽסְפוּ‎ [וְ‎?].

Niph`al Participle as adjective נִרְחָבIsaiah 30:23 a broad, roomy, pasture.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִרְחִיבGenesis 26:22; Habakkuk 2:5, הִרְחִ֑בIsaiah 30:33; 2masculine singular הִרְחַבְתָּPsalm 4:2, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַרְחִיבDeuteronomy 12:20 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַרְחֶבֿPsalm 81:11 (compare also 25:17 below); feminine singular הַרְחִיבִיIsaiah 54:2, הַרְחִבִיMicah 1:16; Infinitive construct הַרְחִיבAmos 1:13; Participle מַרְחִיבDeuteronomy 33:20; —

1 make large, with accusative baldness Micah 1:16 (sign of mourning), fun. pile Isaiah 30:33 (accusative omitted; + הֶעְמִיק‎); make wide, accusative couch 57:8 (figurative).

2 enlarge limit of territory (גְּבוּל‎) Amos 1:13; Exodus 34:24 (J), Deuteronomy 12:20; 19:8, so ׳מַר גָּ֑ד33:20, compare ׳הַר אָהֳלֵךְ מְקוֺםIsaiah 54:2 (figurative); also absolute + ל‎ person, ׳הִר ׳י לָנוּGenesis 26:22 (J), and (figurative of deliverance), הִר ׳בַּצָּר לִיPsalm 4:2; יַר אָדָם ׳מַתַּן לוֺProverbs 18:16 a man's gift makes room for him, gives access to patron; of ׳י‎'s enlarging the heart (לִבִּי‎) Psalm 119:32 (compare

Qal); מ הִרְחִיכוּ לְבָבִי ׳צָרוֺתPsalm 25:17 read probably (with most) Imperative ומ ׳הַרְחֵ(י)ב‎ (Bae הִרְהִיבוּ‎, alarm, compare Song of Solomon 6:5); with accusative צַעֲדִיmy step, stride Psalm 18:37 = 2 Samuel 22:37 (i.e. givest me firm footing and vigorous step, compare צַעַד

2); enlarge mouth, open it wide, with עַל‎ person against Isaiah 57:4; Psalm 35:21 (compare

Qal); without עַל‎, as a young bird to receive food, figurative, Psalm 81:11; נַפְשָׁהּ שְׁאוֺל ׳הִרIsaiah 5:14 ("" פִיהָ מָּֽעֲרָה‎; נֶפֶשׁ5c), compare Habakkuk 2:5.